No, i'm not "Linda"

this message was posted at Autism-Mercury board, also forwarded. I copied it in its entirety so both points of view could be presented.

I think, rather than taking time to disagree with each other, can something be done to stop this "movie project"??

I'm appalled at entertainment industry and media glamorizing crimes and moral wrongs, promoting images of "extraordinary" criminals (such as this movie, cheerful rally around Winona Ryder after she was caught shoplifting etc). I've recently heard a story of young man with cerebral palsy that risked his life and stood against three thugs to stop child kidnapping in progress - for some reason, his story didn't make nationwide news, and nobody calls him "extraordinary", even if IMO he definitely is.

What's wrong with this culture?